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Definition of Alkali

Alkali
Alkali Al"ka*li, n. Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters. [Western U. S.]
Alkali
Alkali Al"ka*li (?; 277), n.; pl. Alkalis or Alkalies. [F. alcali, ultimately fr. Ar. alqal[=i] ashes of the plant saltwort, fr. qalay to roast in a pan, fry.] 1. Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc. 2. (Chem.) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. Fixed alkalies, potash and soda. Vegetable alkalies. Same as Alkaloids. Volatile alkali, ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixed alkalies.

Meaning of Alkali from wikipedia

- chemistry, an alkali (/ˈælkəlaɪ/; from Arabic: القلوي, romanized: al-qaly, lit. 'ashes of the saltwort') is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an...
- The alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), pot****ium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). Together with...
- the feldspar group are the plagioclase (sodium-calcium) feldspars and the alkali (pot****ium-sodium) feldspars. Feldspars make up about 60% of the Earth's...
- Look up alkali in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alkali is a specific type of chemical base. Alkali may refer to: Alkali, Nevada, United States, a ghost...
- Milk-alkali syndrome (MAS), also referred to as calcium-alkali syndrome, is the third most common cause of hypercalcemia. Milk-alkali syndrome is characterized...
- An alkali sink is a salty basin land form. In these depressions, which are found only in the San Joaquin Valley, California, rainwater drains to the basin...
- Alkali salts or base salts are salts that are the product of incomplete neutralization of a strong base and a weak acid. Rather than being neutral (as...
- Alkali Lake may refer to: A soda lake or "alkaline lake" (a lake with high alkalinity) Alkali Lake, British Columbia Alkali Lake Indian Band, First Nations...
- composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools...
- The chloralkali process (also chlor-alkali and chlor alkali) is an industrial process for the electrolysis of sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions. It is...